“If you spend your life wondering how something happened, you will miss out on what is happening right now.” — Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #visionloss #blindness #blindnessisaspectrum #legallybiind #sightloss #vision #opticneuropathy #nownothow
When my talented web designer, Justin, created a new logo for Sister Rain, I knew as soon as I saw it in its completed form that one day I would have it tattooed on the inside of one of my wrists. I spent a decade trying to determine what my…
As I wrote about in “Spoiled Water” (click here), my husband occasionally takes Piper on a car ride when he goes to our favorite farm stand or a location where he doesn’t have to leave the car and Piper alone. At a McDonald’s drive-through to get coffee for him and…
As my husband and I arrived in Santa Monica on our drive south on the Pacific Coast Highway, we were two days away from flying back home after a tremendous week in California. As had been our practice the entire trip, once we had an idea of which town we…
Needing a headshot for a few freelance articles I was writing, I looked for a place in our house with a blank wall that could be used as a backdrop. My husband was helping me, moving different height chairs and stools into our home office to position me properly against…
Since my vision loss I have occasionally put a shirt on backwards or inside out, especially if I am trying to get dressed in the dark. I have reduced my odds, though, due to a trick I learned. I am about to blow your mind. Did you know that if…
Our house was built in 1907 and much of it, I am happy and proud to say, has remained unchanged. Of course additions have been made in order to align with the times. One of those updates is a large mailbox affixed to the brick wall on our porch. The…
I have been told by a veterinarian that when Piper sidles up close to one of his toys, lifts one of his legs to rub his neck and head with that foot, it is a form of self-soothing. When we first brought Piper home from A Helping Wing Parrot Rescue…
I had driven through Malibu, California over a decade ago. It looked just like I had seen on TV, with the base of a mountain on one side of the road, right at the edge, while across the two-lane Pacific Coast Highway were homes, also very close to the road….
“You know you are with a great friend when you never run out of things to say. And yet you sit silently anyway.” —- Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #friendship #thefriendshiptoremainsilent
